Published 2004 | Version v1
Journal article

Magnetoelastic properties of La0.744Ba0.186MnO3 single crystals

  • 1. Institute of Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw (Poland)
  • 2. Moscow State Steel and Alloys Institute, Moscow (Russian Federation)

Description

Magnetoelastic properties of La0.744Ba0.186MnO3 single crystals have been studied. The basic magnetoelastic constants of the crystal have been estimated using the data of magnetostriction and magnetization measurements, which have been carried out in [010] and[110] crystallographic directions in a wide temperature range from 10 K to 150 K. The anomaly of the thermal expansion has been observed at about 185 K. Near this anomaly two almost degenerated phase transitions have been observed. One of these transitions may be related to the structural phase transition, while the second one to the occurrence of spontaneous strains. The magnetostriction of La0.744Ba0.186MnO3 single crystal seems to arise due to effect of applied field on the spontaneous strains. (author)

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Acta Physica Polonica. Series A
Journal Volume
105
Journal Issue
1-2
Journal Page Range
p. 155-162
ISSN
0587-4246

Conference

Title
Colossal Magnetoresistance - New Materials and New Ideas (in frames of E-MRS)
Dates
15-19 Sep 2003
Place
Warsaw (Poland)

Optional Information

Contract/Grant/Project number
KBN grant no. 2P03B07824
Notes
16 refs, 5 figs